The African Colony - Buchan, John
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A lucid, thought¿pounding invitation to re-examine power, policy, and place. The African Colony: Studies In The Reconstruction (Part-II), by John Buchan, emerges as a rigorous, humanist dialogue with the colonial past. This volume offers a concise, sharply argued set of historical essays that illuminate imperial policy, governance, and the shaping of reconstruction-era Africa through the lens of early twentieth century British empire history. Written with careful archival instinct and a sober scholarly voice, it speaks to both the curious reader and the academic reader, weaving a clear…mehr

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A lucid, thought¿pounding invitation to re-examine power, policy, and place. The African Colony: Studies In The Reconstruction (Part-II), by John Buchan, emerges as a rigorous, humanist dialogue with the colonial past. This volume offers a concise, sharply argued set of historical essays that illuminate imperial policy, governance, and the shaping of reconstruction-era Africa through the lens of early twentieth century British empire history. Written with careful archival instinct and a sober scholarly voice, it speaks to both the curious reader and the academic reader, weaving a clear narrative of colonial history analysis with the complexities of african governance discourse. It is more than a historical snapshot: it is a method of thinking about how empire sought to remake societies, and how those ambitions echoed through lakes, lines of administration, and local power structures. Historically significant and stylistically austere yet compelling, the work anchors its arguments in the realities of the african colonies and the thought-world of contemporary colonial writers. For library research and scholarly study, this is indispensable; for the general reader, it offers accessible, inspired inquiry into the reconstruction era Africa and its enduring legacies. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure for anyone exploring colonial history, imperial policy, and the enduring questions of governance.
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John Buchan (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. Buchan was in 1927 elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction.